A Auxiliary Cruisers War Badge in sterling silver, for the crew of auxiliary cruiser "Thor" One-piece silver version with gilt wreath and Viking ship, the globe with incised latitude and longitude lines. Reverse wide attachment pin, punched "Sterling" as well as weakly inscribed wearer's name "Georg König(?)". Weight g. On her second cruise (12 January - 30 November 1942) "Thor" sank 57,032 GRT of enemy shipping and made port at Yokohama to take on fuel and supplies. On this occasion the awards, for want of standard service issue badges, were provided on c,

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